Articles by David Sherfinski

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, is scheduled to headline a Republican party dinner in the early presidential primary state of New Hampshire next month, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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February 5, 2015

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said President Obama's handling of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program runs the risk of creating an arms race in the region, saying the president is "about to unleash hell" on the Middle East.
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February 5, 2015

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said he thinks everyone should be encouraged to get vaccines and that he's not sure he's any different than President Obama on the matter.
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February 5, 2015

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, said he hopes a video released by the Islamic State purporting to show the burning execution of a Jordanian pilot will galvanize the fight against the terrorist group, but he acknowledged that the group is winning right now.
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February 4, 2015

Retired neurosurgeon and potential 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that the United States should step up support and lead in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group.
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February 4, 2015

Sen. Angus King, Maine Independent, said the burning execution of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State terrorist group could be a galvanizing moment for the region, and that the group's behavior calls to mind Mongol leader Genghis Khan.
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February 4, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will tell the Detroit Economic Club Wednesday that too many Americans "live on the edge of economic ruin" and that he plans to offer a "new vision" and plan of action different than what has been coming out of Washington, D.C.
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February 4, 2015

Facing a backlash over comments he made Monday about vaccinations and mental disorders, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, got a booster vaccination for hepatitis A at the Capitol physician's office and said Tuesday that the "science is clear" on the matter.
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February 3, 2015

Former Secretary of State and potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has waded into the renewed debate this week over vaccines, saying the "science is clear" and that they work — and appearing to mock people who think otherwise.
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February 3, 2015

Jim Messina, who managed President Obama's 2012 campaign, said he wants to see former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next president of the United States and that it's "her turn" and "her time."
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February 3, 2015

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is reportedly eyeing New York City to headquarter her campaign if she decides to run for president, rather than somewhere in Westchester County.
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February 3, 2015

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told Iowans Monday night that if the GOP is going to take on a "name from the past" in 2016 in former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, they can't offer up the same — reiterating what could become a standard line of attack for some 2016 Republican hopefuls.
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February 3, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and one of the most outspoken critics of President Obama's recent move to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations, is scheduled to preside over a hearing Tuesday on the new U.S. policy changes toward the communist island country.
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February 3, 2015

President Obama's approval rating was above 50 percent in five states in 2014, a year in which his ratings hovered in the low- to mid-40s and in which his party lost control of the U.S. Senate after the November midterm elections.
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February 3, 2015

When asked by radio host Laura Ingraham Monday about his views on vaccination, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said that while he is not "anti-vaccine" at all, he thinks they should be voluntary.
Published
February 2, 2015

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, on an overseas trip to the United Kingdom, said there needs to be a balance in considering parental concerns over vaccinations as the U.S. deals with a recent spread of measles.
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February 2, 2015

A super PAC supporting the not-yet-declared presidential campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton raised nearly $9 million in 2014, more than doubling its efforts from the previous year.
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February 2, 2015

Virginia is one of the latest states involved in a new push for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution in a bid to rein in the federal government — part of a nascent campaign on an issue states have been grappling with since at least the 18th century.
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February 2, 2015